Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 509505 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 509505 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 05/04/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107236408	05/04/1994	1542	0	Two Rivers Logging, Inc.

Abstract: A self-propelled, rubber-tired Link-Belt crane (Model No. 64E, Serial No. 661614) was moving a 7000-pound dozer blade from one location to another in a company's yard. An employee was guiding the blade, which was suspended at a height of 1.5 to 3.5 feet, to keep it from swinging into other equipment and scrap along the way. As the crane moved forward, the load line contacted a 24-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee guiding the load received an electric shock and sustained severe burns to his hands and to his right foot. He fell and injured his face as well. He was hospitalized for his injuries. Although overhead power line were located throughout the yard, the employees did not discuss the hazards involved in the operation.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107236408			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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